tosquiar

Galician

Alternative forms

• tosquear, tusquiar

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese trosquiar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Blend of tosar +‎ *esquirar: compare Spanish trasquilar and esquilar, from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (*skairan), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toskiˈaɾ/

Verb

1. to shear
   • c1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 126:

     Mays foy y enga[na]do, ca lle cõteçeu, segũdo diz o prouerbio, com̃o [a]o carneyro que uay buscar laa allea et uem dala trosquiado da sua

     But he was fooled then, because it happened to him, as the proverb says, like to the ram that went there searching for other's wool and comes back sheared

   Synonym: rapar

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trosq”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tosquiar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish trasquilar.

Verb

1. to shear (remove the fleece from sheep)

   Synonyms: (Rio Grande do Sul) esquilar, tosar

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